Shh...We have a secret. When Brian is away, the girls and I eat very differently. Before meeting Brian, I could probably have become a vegetarian with little effort. Don't get me wrong, I love a good steak, but after awhile, meat begins to bore me and I am left longing for the variety that only fruits and veges can provide. Most days I set this aside, and in the interest of family unity and my iron issues, fix well balance meals with portions of meat, grains and vegetables. The girls however, have stronger feelings than me. Most nights, my sweet girls sit down at the table asking how many pieces of meat they have to eat in order to be excused. They may not love whatever vegetable we are having, but this is not what keeps them languishing at the table or drives them to hide food under the chair cushions. This honor belongs exclusively to meat.
As a houseful of secret carb and vege loving women, we begin our Daddy free days with pancakes or french toast and fruit and not a sausage link to be found. We lunch on salads and cheese filled pastas and consume way too much chocolate. (another item Brian doesn't really like) J has been a little harder to manage. It must be a male thing, but he hits the bottom of the stairs asking for sausage and eggs, and loves hotdogs. I am sure it is only a manner of time before he insists on either going with Brian or demands to see red meat on the table at supper. By the end of our weekend or business trip, we of course go back to our balanced protein diets. We love Daddy more than our secret vegetarian life style. I would venture to guess he didn't eat a single vege while he was gone so I am sure it all evens out in the end!
Double Chocolate Brownies
3/4 cup butter
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp vanilla
1 bag milk chocolate chips
Heat butter and chocolate together until blocks of chocolate melt. Stir until smooth. Cool slightly. whisk in sugar, eggs, flour and vanilla. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips. Pour into greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake at 350 degrees for approx 35 minutes
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